CALL FOR PAPERS
40th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-40) minitrack
on
Cultural Issues in Collaboration Technology
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Minitrack leaders:
*Dongsong Zhang, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, [log in to unmask]
Doug Vogel, City University of Hong Kong, [log in to unmask]
Paul Benjamin Lowry, Brigham Young University, [log in to unmask]
To appear in the
Collaboration Systems and Technology Track
co-chaired by Bob Briggs and Jay F. Nunamaker
*primary contact
See the HICSS website for more information: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/
HICSS is a highly regarded, international IEEE conference that is in its
40th year; its proceedings are highly cited in leading computing and
information systems conferences and journals;
All HICSS papers are included in the Computer Society's Digital Library and
indexed by the Computer Society and the IEEE.
Submission deadline: June 15, 2006
Conference dates: January 3-6, 2007
Conference location: Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort,
Waikoloa, Big Island, Hawaii
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DESCRIPTION OF TOPICS
Extensive research on collaboration technology (including computer mediated
communication (CMC), group support systems (GSS), and groupware) has shown
that their use can benefit both face-to-face (FtF) and distributed teams.
With increasing globalization, competition, outsourcing, and offshoring in
the world economy, teams within organizations more frequently include
individuals with diverse cultural backgrounds, creating a pressing need to
better understand how the interplay of culture and collaboration technology
can influence group outcomes in implementing or adopting the technology
appropriately. However, a limitation of most research on collaboration is
that it tends to focus on U.S. and Western cultures, leaving the issue of
other cultures largely neglected. Some earlier studies have demonstrated
that culture can have significant influence on behavior of individual group
members and group outcomes. This mini-track will mainly focus on the impact
of culture on the design, development, use, and adoption of collaboration
technology. This minitrack will attempt to share knowledge on cultural
effects on team collaboration and technology use from theoretical,
technical, empirical, and practitioner perspectives, and promote further
research in this important area.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
* Development of new cultural theories for collaboration technology
* Cross-cultural effect on group decision making
* Cultural issues in virtual teams and online communities
* The adoption of collaboration technology in non-Western cultures
* Cross-cultural issues associated with the management of distributed groups
and/or projects
* Cultural effects on e-Collaboration
* Cultural competency integrated in computer-assisted collaborative learning
* International collaboration
* The effect of offshoring on distributed group work
* Participating in offshoring projects with GSS and collaborative technology
* Issues in homogeneous, heterogeneous, and diverse teams
MINITRACK LEADERS' CONTACT INFORMATION:
* Dr. Dongsong Zhang, Ph.D.
Department of Information Systems
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21228
Phone: 410-455-2851
Fax: 410-455-1073
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http://www.research.umbc.edu/~zhangd/index1.shtml
Dr. Doug Vogel, Ph.D.
Professor (Chair) of Information Systems
City University of Hong Kong
Department of Information Systems
83 Tat Chee Avenue
Kowloon, Hong Kong
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http://www.cityu.edu.hk/cityu/about/professors/fb-is-douglas.htm
Dr. Paul Benjamin Lowry, Ph.D.
Rollins Faculty Fellow
Information Systems Department
Kevin and Debra Rollins Center for e-Business
Marriott School
Brigham Young University
573 TNRB
Provo, UT 84602 USA
Phone: (801) 422-1215
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http://marriottschool.byu.edu/emp/employee.cfm?emp=pbl
* Primary contact
IMPORTANT DATES / DEADLINES:
Now until June 1, 2006: Send optional abstracts for guidance to Dr. Lowry at
[log in to unmask] (only if would like advance advice)
June 15, 2006: Last day for authors to submit full manuscripts to the peer
review system on HICSS website. See http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/
July 16-August 14, 2006: Peer-review process (authors may be asked to review
other papers).
August 15, 2006: Authors receive decisions regarding paper acceptances.
Note: Acceptance may be conditional; revisions may be requested before final
acceptance of paper.
August 16-September 14, 2006: Conditionally accepted and accepted authors
revise and resubmit their papers.
September 15, 2006: All Authors submit the final version of their accepted
papers for publication. At least one author of each paper must register to
attend the conference by this date. Early Registration fee applies.
September 16-December 15, 2006: General Registration fee applies until
December 15.
October 15, 2006: Cancellation penalties apply after this date. After
cancellation of registration, papers will not be included in the
Proceedings.
December 1, 2006: Hotel rates are not guaranteed after this date.
December 15, 2006: On site registration fee applies after this date (late
registration). No refunds after this date.
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
If you desire advance guidance on your topic, please submit abstracts
directly to Dr. Lowry. However, DO NOT email full submissions to Dr.
Lowry-these are to be submitted through the HICSS peer-review system no
later than June 15, 2006. All submissions are in IEEE format, according to
the specifications given on the HICSS website.
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Dr. Paul Benjamin Lowry, Ph.D.
Rollins Faculty Fellow
Information Systems Department
Kevin and Debra Rollins Center for e-Business
Marriott School
Brigham Young University
573 Tanner Building
Provo, UT 84602
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View and download all my research articles on my SSRN Author page:
http://ssrn.com/author=446262
Website and vita: http://marriottschool.byu.edu/emp/employee.cfm?emp=pbl
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